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The
94-year-old
American singer
Tony Bennett
has revealed that he was diagnosed with
Alzheimer's
in
2016
, but that he had not disclosed his situation to continue his work and tours.
Bennett made this announcement in a lengthy article published Monday by
AARP The Magazine
, widely circulated among the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).
"Life is a gift, even with Alzheimer's,"
Bennett said in a tweet that included a link to the article.
The last years of the singer's career, who has achieved numerous successes, was particularly intense despite his illness, being
the oldest person to reach number one
in sales in the United States with his album of duets with
Lady Gaga.
According to the
AARP
article
,
a second album with the pop star will be out this coming spring.
"Singing is everything to him. Everything,"
said Susan Benedetto, Bennett's wife.
"It has saved his life several times."
The
neurologists
encouraged the singer, who was educated in the tradition of bel canto and began his career in 1945,
to continue making music
and singing at home to keep your brain stimulated, as considered in the article, which also made reference to images from Bennett's sessions with Lady Gaga, in which
the singer
sometimes
appears "lost and disoriented."
Lady Gaga appears to be aware of Bennett's condition, says the magazine, to whom the singer addresses with short and simple phrases that, according to Alzheimer's disease researchers, are the best to communicate with those who suffer from the disease.
"You sound great Tony,"
she tells him at one point, to which he replies "thank you."
In one scene, before going on stage, Bennett is described as
"completely clueless
about where he is."
"But the moment you hear the announcer say 'ladies and gentlemen, Tony Bennett!', It
transforms
into acting mode," the
AARP
article notes
.
His last public performance was
on March 11 of last year
in New Jersey, before the pandemic ended his tour.
"This has been a severe blow from a cognitive point of view," one of his neurologists, Gayatri Devi, told the magazine.
"His memory before the pandemic was much better.
And he is not alone. Many of my patients were adversely affected by isolation, the inability to do things that matter to them," he said.
"For someone like Tony Bennett, the great boost he got from his performances was very important."
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